Cognac – Châteaubernard Air Base
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Cognac – Châteaubernard Air Base (Template:Langx or BA 709) (Template:Comma separated entries) is a base of the French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace) located in Châteaubernard, 2.8 kilometres south of Cognac.[1] Both locations are communes of the Charente département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine région of France. The base is home to the Ecole de Pilotage de l'Armee de l'Air, the air force initial pilot training school.
It was used by the German Luftwaffe in World War II. The Luftwaffe's operations included anti-submarine Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condors as late as July 1944.[2]
Units
- Escadron de Drones 1/33 Belfort with the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper[3]
- Escadron de Drones 2/33 Savoie with the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper[3]
- Escadron de Transformation Opérationnelle Drones 3/33 Moselle
- École de Pilotage de l’Armée de l’Air 315 Général Jarry with Pilatus PC-21 and the Grob G 120[3]
- Escadron D'Instruction en Vol 1/13 Artois[3]
- Escadron D'Instruction en Vol 2/12 Picardie[3]
Accident
- On 5 March 1973, Spantax Flight 400, a Convair 990 Coronado, flying from Spain to the United Kingdom with 107 occupants onboard collided mid-air with Iberia Flight 504, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 which was also flying from Spain to the United Kingdom with 68 occupants onboard. The Iberia DC-9 crashed killing all 68 people onboard that aircraft whereas the Spantax CV-990 performed a successful emergency landing at Cognac – Châteaubernard Air Base saving all 107 people onboard that aircraft.[4][5][6]
References
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- ↑ Robin Olds, Fighter Pilot," (St. Martin's Press, New York, 2010) p. 57. He tells of a Condor being shot down by his P-38 squadron as it took off.
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External links
- Official site Template:In lang
- BA 709 Cognac at French Air Force site Template:In lang
- Airport Chart at French Air Force site Template:In lang
- Aéroport de Cognac - Châteaubernard page at Union des Aéroports Français Template:In lang
- Current weather for LFBG at NOAA/NWS
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